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The U.S. Marshals Service Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force, working with the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office, Federal Bureau of Investigations, Pooler Police Department, South Carolina Law Enforcement Division and the Bluffton Police Department have arrested two men wanted in connection with the Sun Trust and TD Bank robberies.

The suspects, James Authur Gable, 41, and John Bennett, 44, were arrested Tuesday afternoon after the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office and the U.S. Marshals Service established surveillance on a motel in Pooler, Ga.

According to a news release, U.S. Marshals and the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office discovered both subjects were staying in a room at the motel, secured the perimeter and blocked all avenues of escape. Both suspects were lying in bed and were taken into custody after they tried to hide under the bed covers.

The suspects were turned over to the Pooler Police Department, Bluffton police investigators, the FBI and Beaufort County deputies. Bennett and Gable are housed at the Chatham County Jail and are awaiting extradition back to South Carolina.

Gable is charged with entering a bank, depository or building and loan association with intent to steal; theft or solicitation of person using an automated teller machine for the robbery of Sun Trust Bank on July 14 at about 1:30 p.m. at Westbury Park and TD Bank on Aug. 22 at about 10:45 a.m. at 1021 Fording Island Road.

Bennett is charged with accessory after the fact (bank robbery) for the robbery of Sun Trust Bank.

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